THE Philippines’ shift to digital television (TV) is on track amid broadcast giants’ efforts to offer digital set-top boxes to Filipino households, a government official said recently.

Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Acting Chief Eliseo Rio Jr. is optimistic that the country will fully embrace digital terrestrial television broadcasting (DTTB) by 2023.

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